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Calculating Minutes Per Page of a Script? Here Are Some Helpful Tips

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Understanding Film Theory: An Essential Guide

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How Working on a Hollywood Blockbuster Helped Me Make a Proof of Concept

2 weeks ago by Jack Martin

Jack Martin

The 11 Greatest Fist Fights In Action Movies, Ranked

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Read and Download the 2021 Academy Award Screenplay Nominees

4 weeks ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What's "The Scorpion and the Frog" Fable and Why Do People Reference It?

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Scorpion and the Frog

Jason Hellerman

What's a Writers' Room and How Do They Work?

1 year ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

8 Great Sources of FREE Public Domain Footage for Your Documentary!

6 years ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

The Difference Between Horror and Thriller Movies and TV Shows

5 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Born Sexy Yesterday: Why Does This Male-Fantasy Trope Need to Go?

4 months ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

A Massive List of Winter 2021 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

4 months ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Oakley Anderson-Moore

How to Pitch a TV Show to Any Network or Streamer (Free Checklist)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

20 Dynamic Ways to Come up with Amazing Movie Ideas

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

How to Write Great Character Descriptions (with Examples)

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character

screenwriting

Jason Hellerman

Learn to Write a TV Show Bible With Our Show Bible Template

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Why 'Collateral' Is the Best Tom Cruise Movie No One Talks About

2 years ago by Phil Pirrello

Phil Pirrello

What Does the Ending of '2001: A Space Odyssey' Mean?

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

2001 A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick

film analysis

Jason Hellerman

What are the 50+ Best Short Films of All Time on YouTube?

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Short Films

short filmmaking

Short of the Week

best short films of all time

youtube

Jason Hellerman

A Genre Examination of Psychological Horror Movies and TV Shows

5 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

50+ Camera Angles, Shots, and Movements: A Complete Guide

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

Every Filmmaking Form You'll Ever Need in 99 Free Templates

5 years ago by Adrijana Lazarevic

Adrijana Lazarevic

What is Five-Act Structure and How Do You Use It?

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

These 12 Character Archetypes Are Key Ingredients in All Great Stories

2 years ago by Jason Hellerman

character development

Carl Jung

Jason Hellerman

Best Screenwriting Software

3 months ago by NFS Staff

Best of

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NFS Staff

The 13 Best Websites To Download Movie and TV Scripts

7 months ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

'Godzilla vs. Kong' Finally Gives Humans a Place in the MonsterVerse

1 day ago by Alyssa Miller

Alyssa Miller

A Massive List of Spring 2021 Grants All Filmmakers Should Know About

4 days ago by Oakley Anderson-Moore

Academy Nicholl Fellowships

SFFILM

itvs

Oakley Anderson-Moore

Why Some Movie Deaths Are Unintentionally Hilarious (and Others Aren't)

4 days ago by Jo Light

Jo Light

8 Great Filmmaking Lessons from the 'Blade Runner' Films

5 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

What Is a Bottle Episode? (Definition and Examples)

5 days ago by Jason Hellerman

Jason Hellerman

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4 years ago by Shane Lee

Shane Lee

filmmaker

Fast Track Your First Draft Screenwriting Course

3 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

720

Donate to the Travis Roy Foundation get your script read by Fineman Entertainment

6 years ago by Chad Drew

management

representation

Chad Drew

Screenwriter

142

The Power of Myth: Creating Star Wars’ Mythos with Joseph Campbell

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

The Power of Myth

Joseph campbell

Star Wars the force awakens

Star Wars

Star Wars Holiday Special

post production workflow

indie film

filmmaking

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

956

Documentary scenario

6 years ago by Klaas-Thijs Postma

documentary

Scenario

screenwriting

Klaas-Thijs Postma

Producer / Editor / Mediamanager

127

The Revenant: Into the Madness - Documentary

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

956

2020 Feature & TV-Pilot Finalists!

5 months ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

720

Tips on Pre-Production for 16mm short film

6 years ago by Faust

Faust

Director

Top 10 Indie Filmmaking Podcast Episodes

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

956

Setting vs Budget

5 months ago by kirsten james

kirsten james

Screenwriter

Ideas for a Short Film

6 years ago by Kyri Saphiris

Kyri Saphiris

Filmmaker

419

Alfred Hitchcock: Breaking Down the Master’s Techniques

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

Alfred Hitchcock

filmmaking

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

956

2016 BlueCat Screenplay Competition ONE WEEK TO EARLY DEADLINE!

6 years ago by Claire Stanton Lee

Claire Stanton Lee

Coordinator

258

What is your favorite film making moment?

7 years ago by Alex Smith

Alex Smith

Documentary/Cinematographer

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How to Create Unforgettable Characters

4 years ago by Alex Ferrari

screenwriting software

Michael Hauge

Chris Vogler

Hero's Journey

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

956

Nathan Karimi

Writer/ Director

239

A Shadow Of Doubt - A Horror Short Shot On The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera

6 years ago by Ben Meredith

Ben Meredith

Cinematographer/Filmmaker

1444

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

956

Do dialogue count as beats?

6 years ago by Daniel Neo

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Scriptwriting

6 years ago by Arby Larano

script

scriptwriting

Arby Larano

Filmmaker

Shore Scripts Screenwriting Contest Regular Deadline 31st July

3 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

720

Actors Confirmed

3 years ago by SSW Of The Border Movie

SSW Of The Border Movie

166

Why i Left Art for Film-making

6 years ago by ivi topp

ivi topp

Director / Writer

121

Header Bar profile notifications?..

6 months ago by alexsunny

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CALL FOR ENTRIES – OTHER WORLDS AUSTIN SCIFI FILM FESTIVAL

6 years ago by OtherWorldsATX

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Call for Entries - Regular Deadline Shore Scripts 2017 Short Film Fund

4 years ago by Justine Owens

Justine Owens

Business Manager

720

Enroll in ‘The Martin Scorsese Film School’ – Learn From the Master

5 years ago by Alex Ferrari

film school

Martin Scorsese

film festivals

Sundance Film Festival

SXSW film festival

Toronto film festival

Alex Ferrari

Director / Producer

956

What if we were virtually immortal?

6 years ago by Rafael Bermudez

screenwriting

Immortality.

Rafael Bermudez 56

Starting out in college (not film school)

2 years ago by Joseph Ornelas

Joseph Ornelas 81

How 'The Terminator' and 'T2: Judgment Day' create a unifying theme

4 years ago by Paul Neary

Terminator

Video Essay

analysis

Paul Neary

Writer